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and not regular education. forgive me, but i am not as enthusiastic about roland's presentation and presentation of seth andrew as much as you are. it drives up the theory of american education, there is a frenzy around this theory. we began by citing it as our schools and education outcomes have become stagnant. outcomes have been declining. it wasn't always so. including the national assessment of education progress. the reality is that our school system, our public school system, the regular public school system and has been improving the achievement, particularly of minority students at a phenomenal rate over recent times. i know you will be skeptical because they are so convinced of this story. the reality is that, for example, to take the most extreme example, a fourth-grade scores for black students, this is the most extreme example, the average score for black students in math today at elementary schools is higher than the average white scored was 20 years ago. that is a phenomenal improvement. there ha
and not regular education. forgive me, but i am not as enthusiastic about roland's presentation and presentation of seth andrew as much as you are. it drives up the theory of american education, there is a frenzy around this theory. we began by citing it as our schools and education outcomes have become stagnant. outcomes have been declining. it wasn't always so. including the national assessment of education progress. the reality is that our school system, our public school system, the regular...
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he oversaw major tax and health care reform and also major improvements in public education. following his service as governor he was appointed by president obama as the ambassador to china in 2009. he left that position to run for president and gained tremendous respect for his forthright discussion of important policy challenges. this fall, governor huntsman actually joined the brookings institution as a distinguished fellow, so we are pleased to call in our colleague. bart gordon is a practicing attorney and partner at k&l gates and also a distinguished fellow at the council on competitiveness. bard is a former u.s. representative from the state of tennessee. he served in congress for 26 years from 2007-2010 he served as chairman of the house committee on science and technology. bard is working with the brookings institution to improve public sector leadership as part of our new initiative on improving leadership and management. bill kristol is the editor of "the weekly standard," which he cofounded in 1995. prior to starting that he led the project for the republican futu
he oversaw major tax and health care reform and also major improvements in public education. following his service as governor he was appointed by president obama as the ambassador to china in 2009. he left that position to run for president and gained tremendous respect for his forthright discussion of important policy challenges. this fall, governor huntsman actually joined the brookings institution as a distinguished fellow, so we are pleased to call in our colleague. bart gordon is a...
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my dad in ninth grade education to a good education changes your life. our students are not competing anymore, just to be with kids from want and in in new york and other states. they are compete with chinese and indians and other emerging economies across the planet. we've got to invest in ourselves. i was astonished knowing the importance of a quality education when my opponent slashed to -- voted to slash progress. he voted to increase the interest payments on student loans. that's how i went to school. that's a thousands and thousands of nevada's, middle income families depend on this. my opponent voted to double. as far as the department of education is concerned, walk you back to the answer, the lincoln county dinner, he very clear he said that's exactly what he would do, eliminate the department of education. it was picked up by the times. heller: is not accurate but that's fine. i'm not surprised that you would continue with the discussion. my opponent in 2010 voted against the education loan program. there are generations of american how did the
my dad in ninth grade education to a good education changes your life. our students are not competing anymore, just to be with kids from want and in in new york and other states. they are compete with chinese and indians and other emerging economies across the planet. we've got to invest in ourselves. i was astonished knowing the importance of a quality education when my opponent slashed to -- voted to slash progress. he voted to increase the interest payments on student loans. that's how i...
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[applause] >> well, thank you, tremont, and the two johns for the educational session. i think aliya and the two johns is a folk band i heard about. might be touring this summer. thank you both. we're going to continue with the program in interest among. we'll take a short break. the rest of the program is really exciting. we're going to turn to innovation in cybersecurity, in the next panel followed by keynote like andy greenberg was the author of this machine kills secrets. and you know wikileaks absolute change the landscape in washington for information sharing and cybersecurity so you won't want to miss the. i will see you back here in 10 minutes. thanks. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] spent a short break. we expect this event to get back underway in just a few minutes and we'll continue our live coverage on c-span2. >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> our live coverage from a couple more live events for today. live coverage of a nebraska sena
[applause] >> well, thank you, tremont, and the two johns for the educational session. i think aliya and the two johns is a folk band i heard about. might be touring this summer. thank you both. we're going to continue with the program in interest among. we'll take a short break. the rest of the program is really exciting. we're going to turn to innovation in cybersecurity, in the next panel followed by keynote like andy greenberg was the author of this machine kills secrets. and you know...
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bill and some of the education benefits. one of the things that the legion can help us with as we just change into a new fiscal year, and that's with the the wrapper program, or the veterans returning assistance program. i think we did 45,000, we, the department of veterans affairs, 45,000 or labor, 45,000 applications approved. the were many that were in the queue that were waiting. we actually authorize 99,000 total. as of today the numbers that i have with their 63,844 applications, of which 50,000 of them were approved. so there's still roughly another 36,000 folks out there that can access these benefits for retraining. so i would like to ask for your help with the legion's help in getting the word out to those individuals. we focus a lot on the younger returning veterans, but obviously this is focused on 35-60 year old folks to get them train to get into the workforce. so i just bring that to your attention. you had talked about, about a hires -- tire he was attacked, that was part of its we would like to ask for your
bill and some of the education benefits. one of the things that the legion can help us with as we just change into a new fiscal year, and that's with the the wrapper program, or the veterans returning assistance program. i think we did 45,000, we, the department of veterans affairs, 45,000 or labor, 45,000 applications approved. the were many that were in the queue that were waiting. we actually authorize 99,000 total. as of today the numbers that i have with their 63,844 applications, of which...